
Second Image: January 6, 2022, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Taiwanese soldiers with a machine guns during an Army Preparedness Enhancement Drill ahead of the Chinese New Year, amid escalating Chinese threats to the island. With the US approving an increasing number of arms sales to Taipei and Beijing sending more PLA warplanes to cruise around the self governing island, military tensions in the Taiwan Strait have been expected to grow. (Credit Image: © Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire)
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